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Whale Shark Feeding with Open Mouth Underwater (Bahia de los Angeles, 2022)

6s 4K UHD 29.97fps Wildlife Bahia de los Angeles, Baja California Sur, Mexico 2022
No people visible. No identifiable people are visible in this clip. Commercial clearance still depends on the final use and any property shown.

About this clip

A whale shark swims underwater with its mouth open, filtering water. Small fish and bubbles surround the shark as it moves. The water is a clear turquoise color.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Useful for wildlife documentary, marine conservation pieces, Baja California travel edits, nature brand films, and social cuts needing a close whale shark feeding moment in turquoise water.
Edit role
The six-second clip works as a close insert or energetic cutaway within a marine wildlife sequence, especially between wider beach, ocean, or animal behavior shots.
Visual details
A whale shark fills much of the frame with its open mouth near the surface, surrounded by bubbles, small fish, bright turquoise water, and no visible people.
Shot mechanics
The composition stays tight on the whale shark from above or just at the water surface, with the head and mouth in the foreground and faint fish and body shape trailing into the water behind it.

Tags

whale sharkunderwaterswimmingopen mouthfeedingturquoise watersmall fishbubblesmarine lifeoceanmovementwater splasheswhaleturquoisemarineanimalnatureaquatic

Shot slate

Resolution
3840 × 2160
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
6s
Codec
H.265 (HEVC) MP4
File size
72 MB
Location
Bahia De Los Angeles, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Year filmed
2022
Published
Jun 2026

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

A whale shark in Bahia De Los Angeles feeds with its open mouth near the turquoise water surface, with bubbles breaking around its head and no visible people.
The opening frame shows the whale shark close to the surface with bubbles around its mouth. (0:00)
The whale shark continues feeding in Bahia De Los Angeles, its mouth and head centered under bright turquoise water with a patch of white bubbles and no visible people.
This frame centers the open mouth and bubble pattern as the animal filters water. (0:01)
A whale shark in Bahia De Los Angeles angles its head near the surface, with foam on the mouth area, faint fish in the background, and no visible people.
The third frame shows the shark angled across frame with foam collecting over the mouth. (0:02)
The whale shark feeds close to the frame edge in Bahia De Los Angeles, with its head partly covered by white splash against clear turquoise water and no visible people.
This moment gives editors a tighter splash-heavy insert of the feeding motion. (0:03)

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